State comparison · 2025
Computer User Support Specialists salary: Arkansas vs California
Computer User Support Specialists in California earn a median of $79,570. In Arkansas, $46,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-25.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $46,360
- p25
- $39,510
- p75
- $60,060
- p10
- $34,950
- p90
- $74,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
California
Computer User Support Specialists
- Median
- $79,570
- p25
- $62,790
- p75
- $101,780
- p10
- $52,270
- p90
- $122,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.